# The Celebrity Death Pool 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620 "2006-12-02T22:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/101 "2006-12-10T03:40:25Z")
Second time in the pool, and given past track record, these people are perfectly safe from the Grim Reaper this year as well: 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Gerald Ford 3. Billy Graham 4. Terry Jones (from Monty Python) 5. Dick Clark 6. Carol Channing 7. Ray Bradbury 8. Fidel Castro 9. Augusto Pinochet 10. Ariel Sharon 11. George W. Bush 12. Art Buchwald Alternates: Kurt Vonnegut (tho’ I hope not), Neil Armstrong, Nancy Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/102 "2006-12-10T05:41:40Z")
My first try at the pool 1.Gerald Ford-Former University of Michigan football star 2.Augusto Pinochet-Chile con carnage 3.Dick Pole-Cincinnati Reds pitching coach 4.John Deacon-Bites the dust 5.Dick Trickle-NASCAR driver 6.Michael Richards-KKKramer 7.Rusty Kuntz-Former MLB player 8.Terrell Owens-Drugstore Cowboy 9.Takeru Kobayashi-Hotdog eater 10.George Steinbrenner-Prod of the Yankees 11.Fidel Castro-Die already 12.Doyle Brunson-Folds 13.Norman Greenbaum-Gone up to the spirit in the sky Alternates 1.Ed Balls-British Politician 2.Amarillo Slim-Antes up 3.Howie Schwab-Stumped ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/103 "2006-12-10T10:58:23Z")
[QUOTE=Stinkum] Second time in the pool, and given past track record, these people are perfectly safe from the Grim Reaper this year as well: 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Gerald Ford 3. Billy Graham 4. Terry Jones (from Monty Python) 5. Dick Clark 6. Carol Channing 7. Ray Bradbury 8. Fidel Castro 9. Augusto Pinochet 10. Ariel Sharon 11. George W. Bush 12. Art Buchwald Alternates: Kurt Vonnegut (tho’ I hope not), Neil Armstrong, Nancy Reagan. [/QUOTE] You need a 13th choice, **Stinkum** ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/104 "2006-12-10T13:01:16Z")
2006 didn’t treat me well, here’s hoping 2007 is better. 1.Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (former evangelist) 2.Gerald Ford (former POTUS) 3.Billy Graham (evangelist) 4.Estelle Getty (actress) 5.Augusto Pinochet (dictator) 6.Fidel Castro (dictator) 7.Elizabeth Taylor (actress) 8.Jack Klugman (actor) 9.Kirk Douglas (actor) 10.Roger Ebert (movie critic) 11.Muhammad Ali (boxer) 12.Ariel Sharon (former Prime Minister of Israel) 13.Abe Vigoda (actor) Alternates: 1.Larry Hagman (actor) 2.Willard Scott (weatherman) 3.Walter Cronkite (former news anchor) ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/105 "2006-12-10T18:52:23Z")
[QUOTE=sneezy5660] Man, I have a lot of repeaters from this year’s list! Here goes nuthin’. 1. Tammy F.B. Messner 2. Gerald Ford 3. Lady Bird Johnson 4. Dick Clark 5. Courtney Love 6. K-Fed 7. Muhammad Ali 8. Michael Jackson 9. Abe Vigoda 10.Billy Graham 1. Fidel Castro 2. Charlton Heston 13.Augusto Pinochet Alternates: Kirk Douglas Bob Barker Osama bin Laden [/QUOTE] All of us who were on the Pinochet bandwagon need to pick someone else, 'cuz he just bit the big one. **Kirk Douglas** is good for me. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/106 "2006-12-10T23:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=Carm6773] 2006 didn’t treat me well, here’s hoping 2007 is better. 1.Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (former evangelist) 2.Gerald Ford (former POTUS) 3.Billy Graham (evangelist) 4.Estelle Getty (actress) 5.Augusto Pinochet (dictator) 6.Fidel Castro (dictator) 7.Elizabeth Taylor (actress) 8.Jack Klugman (actor) 9.Kirk Douglas (actor) 10.Roger Ebert (movie critic) 11.Muhammad Ali (boxer) 12.Ariel Sharon (former Prime Minister of Israel) 13.Abe Vigoda (actor) Alternates: 1.Larry Hagman (actor) 2.Willard Scott (weatherman) 3.Walter Cronkite (former news anchor) [/QUOTE] Replace Pinochet with Cronkite, please. :smack: Why couldn’t he just hang on for a few more weeks??? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/107 "2006-12-11T00:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=Carm6773] Replace Pinochet with Cronkite, please. :smack: Why couldn’t he just hang on for a few more weeks??? [/QUOTE] I had him on my long list, but I decided to drop him earlier because the bastard was not worthy.. .. just 9 measly points. 😃 \<======== celebrating Pinochet is dead. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/108 "2006-12-11T00:30:33Z")
[QUOTE=GIGObuster] \<======== celebrating Pinochet is dead. [/QUOTE] Do ya’ll suppose this sort of thing creates some negative waves or something? Does all this focused bad feeling kill folks? If so, I have a little list… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/109 "2006-12-11T00:38:05Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] If so, I have a little list… 🙂 [/QUOTE] _They never will be missed!_ ---
**Author:** ![Barely\_Adequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Barely\_Adequate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barely_Adequate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/110 "2006-12-11T02:48:34Z")
Here we go again… **[1] Ray Anthony, _Trumpeter/Band Leader_ [2] Sammy Baugh, _NFL Quarterback_ [3] Theodore Hesburgh, _Notre Dame President_ [4] Ara Parseghian, _Notre Dame Coach_ [5] Avery Cardinal Dulles, _Catholic Theologian_ [6] Bobby Doerr, _MLB Boston Red Sox 2B_ [7] Marty Pavelich, _NHL Detroit Red Wings_ [8] Ted Lindsay, _NHL Detroit Red Wings II_ [9] Jake LaMotta, _Boxer_ [10] George Shearing, _Jazz Pianist_ [11] Hank Jones, _Jazz Pianist II_ [12] Ralph Houk, _MLB Yankees/Tigers Manager_ [13] Chris Economaki, _Indy 500 Commentator_** _ **The Obligatory Alternates… just in case** _ [1st] Alan Young, Mr Ed’s Buddy [2nd] Martha Tilton, Big Band Singer [3rd] Hutton Gibson, Mel’s Wacky Dad ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/111 "2006-12-11T03:29:33Z")
1. Gough Whitlam, former Australian PM 2. Margaret Whitlam, his wife 3. Hazel Hawke, former wife of former Australian PM, Bob Hawke 4. James Packer, richest man in Australia 5. Mel Gibson 6. Dame Joan Sutherland 7. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh 8. Margaret Thatcher 9. Fidel Castro 10. Nancy Reagan 11. OJ Simpson 12. Michael Jackson 13. Winona Ryder ---
**Author:** ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/112 "2006-12-11T06:11:58Z")
[QUOTE=Stinkum] Second time in the pool, and given past track record, these people are perfectly safe from the Grim Reaper this year as well: 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Gerald Ford 3. Billy Graham 4. Terry Jones (from Monty Python) 5. Dick Clark 6. Carol Channing 7. Ray Bradbury 8. Fidel Castro 9. Augusto Pinochet 10. Ariel Sharon 11. George W. Bush 12. Art Buchwald Alternates: Kurt Vonnegut (tho’ I hope not), Neil Armstrong, Nancy Reagan. [/QUOTE] Well poo. Pinochet is gone. New list below with 13 this time! 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Gerald Ford 3. Billy Graham 4. Terry Jones (from Monty Python) 5. Dick Clark 6. Carol Channing 7. Ray Bradbury 8. Fidel Castro 9. Nancy Reagan 10. Ariel Sharon 11. George W. Bush 12. Art Buchwald 13. Neil Armstrong Alternates are Kurt Vonnegut Jack Klugman and a longshot: Keith Richards ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/113 "2006-12-11T20:29:43Z")
Ok, I’ve been working on the list (and getting coworkers involved too). Here’s my 2007 list: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Dick Clark 3. Henry Kissinger 4. Lindsay Lohan 5. Kevin Federline 6. Michael J. Fox 7. Pope Benedict XIV 8. Margaret Thatcher 9. Lady Bird Johnson 10. Jane Wyman 11. Dick Van Patten 12. Andy Griffith 13. Larry King Alternates: A. Tom Brokaw B. Sandra Day O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/114 "2006-12-11T21:08:56Z")
[QUOTE=Lsura] 1. Pope Benedict XIV [/QUOTE] Should be Pope Benedict XVI - I didn’t look him up and I was sure I had the right numbers. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/115 "2006-12-11T21:29:26Z")
I would be very interested in seeing the reasoning behind some of these picks, once 2007 roills in of course. No sense giving away the secret to a lot of these picks. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/116 "2006-12-11T21:34:15Z")
[QUOTE=Lsura] Ok, I’ve been working on the list (and getting coworkers involved too). Here’s my 2007 list: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Dick Clark 3. Henry Kissinger 4. Lindsay Lohan 5. Kevin Federline 6. Michael J. Fox 7. Pope Benedict XIV 8. Margaret Thatcher 9. Lady Bird Johnson 10. Jane Wyman 11. Dick Van Patten 12. Andy Griffith 13. Larry King Alternates: A. Tom Brokaw B. Sandra Day O’Connor [/QUOTE] It’s team building excercises like this that keep our country great. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/117 "2006-12-11T21:36:11Z")
I don’t think any of these haven’t already been picked, but I did come up with them before reading the rest of the thread: 1. Gerald Ford - former US President 2. Henry Kisssinger - former US Sec State 3. Dick Van Dyke - former sketch comedy writer and chimney sweep 4. Andy Griffith - former sheriff and country lawyer 5. Nick Nolte - former drinker 6. Mickey Rooney - former child star 7. Elizabeth Taylor - former bride 8. Liza Minelli - former Mrs. Gest 9. Fidel Castro - former revolutionary 10. Art Donovan - former Colt 11. Abe Vigoda - former Fish 12. Kirk Douglas - former rebel slave leader 13. Dick Clark - former bandstander Alternates (I don’t think Castro will make it till 1/1/07): A1) Jerry Lewis - former nutty professor A2) Stephen Hawking - you know, the scientist wheelchair guy ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/118 "2006-12-11T23:15:27Z")
For no good reasons other than I feel like it: 1. Walter Cronkite 2. Terrell Owens 3. Prince Charles 4. Lindsay Lohan 5. Kevin Federline 6. Julie Andrews 7. Sandra Day O’Connor 8. George H. W. Bush 9. Michael J. Fox 10. Billy Graham 11. Gerald Ford 12. Loretta Lynn 13. Dick Clark Alternates: Margaret Thatcher Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/119 "2006-12-12T00:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] I would be very interested in seeing the reasoning behind some of these picks, once 2007 roills in of course. No sense giving away the secret to a lot of these picks. [/QUOTE] Reasoning? We don’t need no stinkin’ reasoning! 🙂 Speaking only for myself, a lot of them are nearly random… what they have in common is that most of them are longshots. This has been really successful for me… I got Hunter S. Thompson last year…and that’s it… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/120 "2006-12-12T00:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=Skammer] 1. Kirk Douglas - former rebel slave leader [/QUOTE] Bonus points for the description. 😃 My picks 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Jerry Ford 3. Bob Feller (Baseball HOFer) 4. Stan Musial (Baseball HOFer) 5. Yogi Berra (noted sage) 6. Andy Rooney (CBS crank) 7. Mike Wallace (CBS) 8. Daniel Schorr (ex CBS, now NPR) 9. Liz Taylor 10. Paris Hilton Alternates: 1. OJ Simpson 2. Larry King [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=7)